Weighing in on the gun debate following the Florida high school massacre will apparently cost Delta Air Lines millions.

In a press release, Deal explained that the move to punish Delta conflicts with Georgia's business friendly environment and may discourage other businesses from moving there.

"Unfortunately, we're looking at political gamesmanship, and trying to send ultraconservative messages for the Republican primary", Henson said.

"We can not continue to allow large companies to treat conservatives differently than other customers, employees and partners", Cagle wrote in an opinion piece published by The Atlanta Journal-Constitution.

Deal criticized the Delta controversy as an "unbecoming squabble", but said he would sign the broader tax measure.

But state Sen. Michael Williams, a rival GOP candidate for governor, said Cagle only joined the fight after Senate Republicans agreed to block Delta's tax break.

Georgia lawmakers are expected to vote on a sweeping tax bill that no longer includes a proposed jet fuel tax break which had been in Republicans' crosshairs ever since Delta Air Lines severed ties with the National Rifle Association.

Delta attempted to assuage the political backlash, stating the decision to end the relationship with the NRA was created to stay above the fray in the recent fight over gun control following the mass shooting at a high school in Florida.

House Speaker David Ralston, a Republican, made it clear that there was a direct link between the vote and the NRA controversy: "I hope they are better at flying airplanes than timing PR announcements", he said.

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